MENA Blockchain Week

#MENABlockchainWeek The city is the venue. The Region's First Decentralized City-Wide Web3 Initiative. Dubai, UAE - 18 May - 24 May, 2026 by @SNXS_ae

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Press release just dropped. 3 DAYS TO GO! 🔥

🇦🇪 Dubai didn't wait. It built. 🇦🇪

🔥Dubai is the anchor.
🔥The movement starts now.

📍 Dubai | May 18 – May 24, 2026
The City is The Venue ⚡️

🔗 Register NOW for free with a full agenda here: https://t.co/oPpw2KGtzh

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Dubai hosts the MENA Blockchain Week (MENABCW), running from May 18 to May 24, 2026. The initiative brings together 40+ simultaneous events, 5,000+ attendees, and 100+ speakers.

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Nomadz joined us at MENA Blockchain Week and took it beyond the stage with Crypto Padel Dubai🔥🔥. This is the community we're building. See you at the next chapter.@NOMADZxyz

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@NOMADZxyz Loved having you at MENA Blockchain Week, Nomadz! Crypto Padel🙌, real connections, and builders who actually show up, that's exactly the energy we built this event for. See you at the next one 🔥

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MENA Blockchain Week, Day 3 Recap 🇦🇪

One City. One Week. One Nation. 🇦🇪

The future of money moved through Dubai today, and the conversation was just getting started.

We wrapped a powerful afternoon at the Stablecoins, Payments & Banking Day Meetup, hosted at Hadron Founders Club as part of MENA Blockchain Week 2026. From cross-border settlements to agentic payments, Day 3 made one thing clear: the rails are live, and the region is ready.

🔷 Event Host
🤝 Rudy Shoushany, Founder, DxTalks
@rudyshoushany @dxtalks

🔷 Keynote
🤝 BK Kanjhan, Chief of Staff, Polygon Labs, @0xPolygon

🔷 Panel 1: Next-Generation Financial Rails, Stablecoins and Institutional Capital Flows
The panel unpacked how stablecoins are reshaping institutional capital movement, cross-border finance, and the infrastructure underpinning global settlements.

Thought leaders shaping the conversation:

🤝 Alenka Shmalko, Head of Tokenization at Atom Real Tokens, Advisor in Digital assets & RWAs @alenka_on_x
🤝 Pranav Agarwal, Director Investment, Ajna Capital
🤝 Yana Minaylova, Head of Institutional Sales & BD MENA, @Binance
🤝 Dr. Anna A. MacMillan, Co-Founder & COO, Mintlayer, @annamacmillan @mintlayer

🔷 Keynote
🤝 Ramez Rafeek, General Manager, AE Coin
@AECoin_UAE

🔷 Panel 2: Settlement Without Borders, Cross-Border Payments in the Age of DLT
From wallets to ramps to interoperability, this panel got into what it actually takes to move money globally on distributed rails.

Thought leaders shaping the conversation:

🤝 BK Kanjhan, Chief of Staff, Polygon Labs @0xPolygon
🤝 Jad Eden, CEO, AION
🤝 Jia-Tern (JT) Ng, Director of Partnerships and DeFi, @0xPolygon
🤝 Faraj Abutalibov, Sr Advisor Middle East, @StellarOrg

🔷 New Money Rails: Stablecoins & Agents Workshop
🤝 Jad Eden, CEO, AION

Stablecoins are no longer a prediction; they are the infrastructure. $33 trillion in transaction volume in 2025 alone, up 72% year on year.
Reference: @Bloomberg

This workshop closed the day with exactly the clarity founders and operators needed.

Special thanks to Hadron Founders Club for hosting us!

🚀 Read our full recap: https://t.co/L8a943bJtI

Stay tuned for Day 4 Recap! 👇

#MENABlockchainWeek #MBCW2026 #ProudofUAE

Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism @DubaiDET | SkyNet X Solutions @SNXS_ae | Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc

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@faraj_abut Thank you for being part of MENA Blockchain Week, Faraj!🙌🔥 Can't wait to read your insights. #MENABlockchainWeek

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@alexdolbun Thank you for being part of our Moments!🙌 🇦🇪 #MENABlockchainWeek

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MENA Blockchain Week, Day 2 Recap 🇦🇪

One City. One Week. One Nation. 🇦🇪

We just wrapped an incredible full day at the AI & Blockchain Innovation Meetup, part of MENA Blockchain Week 2026, and it was everything we hoped for and more.

Opening Remarks:
🤝Joyce Achkar & 🤝Christine Bajjani, UNBOX Community

🔷 Panel 1: When Machines Run the Money, AI, Automation, and the Future of Financial Operations

Thought leaders shaping the conversation:
🤝 Alice L., @CoinMarketCap
🤝 Nabil Arnous, @InnovationCityX
🤝 Faraj Abutalibov, Stellar @StellarOrg
🤝 Mikael Boshian, SFTY AI

🔷 Panel 2: Power Behind the Trade, AI and Compute Infrastructure in Modern Financial Markets

Thought leaders shaping the conversation:
🤝 Dr. Salahuddin Almohammadi, @HSAGroup_HQ
🤝 Nicolai Svistunov, Turtle @turtledotxyz
🤝 Leonardo De Fazio, SupernovaSolutions
🤝 Amna Usman Chaudhry

🔷 AI & Blockchain Workshop
🤝 Liwaa Chehayeb, what. AG

🔷 AI for Founders Workshop
🤝 Jean Claude Aoun, Tech Advisor & Founder
@jeanclaudeaoun

As the daytime sessions concluded, the conversations expanded beyond the stage.

🤝 Ghaf Labs × MENA Blockchain Week

The evening brought together founders, investors, developers, and ecosystem leaders for a curated gathering hosted by Ghaf Labs. More than a networking event, it became a platform for meaningful discussions around investment, innovation, partnerships, and the future of Web3 across the MENA region.

🤝 Chiranjiv Anand (CJ), @GhafLabs

🔷 Hyperliquid UAE Community Meetup
🤝Juliet Su 苏丽, Hyperliquid UAE Community
@JulietSu

Special thanks to UNBOX Community & Ghaf Labs for hosting us!

Stay tuned for Day 3 Recap! 👇

🚀 Read our full recap: https://t.co/nVM9NcQwZn

#MENABlockchainWeek #MBCW2026 #ProudofUAE

Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism @DubaiDET | SkyNet X Solutions @SNXS_ae | Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc | UNBOX Community |

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🇦🇪 Thank you for contributing to MENA Blockchain Week 2026.

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🔷 Day 1 Recap: Pitch Storm, May 18th!

One City. One Week. One Nation. 🇦🇪

Every major Web3 company you know today was once just a pitch.

A founder in a room.

An idea that most people didn't understand yet. A few minutes to make someone believe.

That is exactly what Pitch Storm brought back to the surface on the evening of May 18 at MENA Blockchain Week 2026.

In a room full of builders, operators, and investors who have seen hundreds of pitches, there is nowhere to hide.

The audience listens differently. The questions cut deeper. And the feedback is real.

🎤 Hosted by Maia Zennie, Tech Ecosystem Builder
🎤 Opening Remarks by Nabil Arnous, Keynote, Chief Commercial Officer at Innovation City

⚖️ Judged by:
- Saqr Ereiqat, D2A2
- Nabil Arnous, Innovation City
- Saed Ereiqat, Director at Hadron Founders Club
- Mohamad AlHusseini (MoeX), Founder, MENA Blockchain Week & SkyNet X Solutions

💡 The bigger picture:

For the MENA region to maintain its position as a global digital assets hub, it needs a continuous pipeline of builder talent. Not just investors. Not just regulators. Builders. Events like Pitch Storm are not a side note in that story. They are a core part of how ecosystems regenerate and stay relevant.

Day 1 closed on that note. And the rest of the week carried that energy forward.

Stay Tuned for Day 2 Recap!

#MENABlockchainWeek #MBCW2026 #ProudofUAE

Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism @DubaiDET | SkyNet X Solutions @SNXS_ae | Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc

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🇦🇪 Thank you for contributing to MENA Blockchain Week 2026.

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🔷 Day 1 Recap: Ethereum Meetup, May 18th!

One City. One Week. One Nation. 🇦🇪

Ethereum is not just a blockchain. It is the most battle-tested smart contract platform in the world.

And on the evening of May 18, the Ethereum community in Dubai showed up at Hadron Founders Club to remind everyone why that still matters.

💡 What does a developer-led Ethereum meetup teach a B2B audience?

More than most people expect.

The builders who gathered on May 18 were not there to speculate on price. They were there to talk about infrastructure, about the evolution of Layer 2 solutions, about what the next generation of Ethereum-native applications looks like, and about how enterprises in the MENA region can build on top of the most decentralized, most secure, and most composable smart contract environment available today.

💡 The bigger picture:

The MENA region is building its digital asset infrastructure right now. The decisions being made today about which protocols to build on, which standards to adopt, and which communities to invest in will shape the next decade of the regional economy.
The Ethereum community that gathered on May 18 understood that. And they came to build.

Stay Tuned for Day 2 Recap!

#MENABlockchainWeek #MBCW2026 #ProudofUAE

Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism @DubaiDET | SkyNet X Solutions @SNXS_ae | Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc

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🇦🇪 Thank you for contributing to MENA Blockchain Week 2026.

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🔷 Day 1 Recap: Builders & Community Day Kickoff, May 18th!

One City. One Week. One Nation. 🇦🇪

What does it mean to build a blockchain ecosystem from the ground up?

On May 18, Day 1 of MENA Blockchain Week 2026 opened with exactly that conversation.

🔑 The Builders & Community Day kickoff was not a typical opening ceremony.

It was a masterclass in what ecosystem-building actually looks like when it works.

The thought leaders that shaped the conversation:

🔷 Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC)
🔷 Saqr Ereiqat, Secretary General, Dubai Digital Asset Association (D2A2)
🔷 BK Kanjhan, Chief of Staff, Polygon Labs
🔷 Saed Ereiqat, Director, Hadron Founders Club
🔷 Mohamad AlHusseini (MoeX), Founder, MENA Blockchain Week & SkyNet X Solutions

💡 Ecosystems don't grow because of one institution, one protocol, or one event. They grow because builders, regulators, operators, and founders decide to show up in the same room, consistently, and do the work together.
That is what happened on May 18. And it is what MENA Blockchain Week was designed to keep happening.

Stay Tuned for Day 2 Recap!

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#MENABlockchainWeek #MBCW2026 #ProudofUAE

@DubaiDET | Dr. Marwan Alzarouni @drmarwan, Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC) | Saqr Ereiqat, Dubai Digital Asset Association (@D2A2_official) | BK Kanjhan, Polygon Labs @0xPolygon | Saed Ereiqat, Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc | Mohamad Alhusseini (@Moexba), MENA Blockchain Week & SkyNet X Solutions @SNXS_ae | Maia Zennie

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🇦🇪 Connecting people and ideas, Mohamad AlHusseini (@Moexba) continues to strengthen collaboration across the Web3 ecosystem. Thank you for being part of MENA Blockchain Week 2026.
The mastermind behind @MENABCW 🔥 keep leading the way up!